Homemade Almond Milk + flavor variations

I’ve never been a huge fan of drinking milk plain. Even when I was younger, if it wasn’t colored and flavored with the Cocoa Puffs I was eating, I wasn’t a huge fan. I’ve remained that way with milk, until I met almond variety.

To me, it tastes so much lighter and milder than the regular stuff. Even so, it still seems to play second fiddle to whatever cereal I’m eating, or whatever coffee I’m drinking.

When I went to school at 105degrees (now Matthew Kenney OKC- they also just opened up a school and restaurant in Santa Monica called M.A.D.E), learning how to make homemade almond milk changed my life. It was CRAZY easy. A couple ingredients into the Vitamix (1 C soaked raw almonds, 3 C water, 1/2 t lecithin- optional, acts as an emulsifier and you can choose sunflower or soy, 1 t vanilla, pinch sea salt)

whirl it up,

strain,

(I use a fine mesh sieve, but a nut milk bag or cheesecloth in a strainer work well, too)

and done.

The hardest part was waiting for the almonds to soak beforehand.

(Soaked for at least an hour, or in the fridge overnight)

So that’s all fine and dandy, but I found the problem with homemade almond milk is that I don’t drink it fast enough.

I only really use milk with cereal or coffee, and the homemade version will usually go bad in a couple of days. That is.. until I made these types:

If you’re wondering what the heck to do with the leftover pulp, just spread it out onto Teflexx sheets and dehydrate. After it’s dried, a quick blitz in the food processor and you have raw almond flour, which is fantastic in pancakes, cookies or macaroons. If you don’t have a dehydrator, you could dehydrate it on a cookie sheet on the oven’s lowest setting with the door slightly ajar.

Comments

Nice. I have been making almond milk almost every other day for the past several weeks. Love it. I find it works best when I soak them at least a good 5 hours. Will have to try some different flavors. I just like mine in chai.

That is too neat, I never thought of making Almond Milk, the pumpkin looks amazing!
I am the same way with milk, I HAD to drink skim milk every night even though to this day I don’t like it.
Plain Almond Milk though, I’m a fan!

Awesome!!! I’ve just started using almond flour in a lot of my baking, and I’ve loved almond milk for awhile. I cant wait to buy a new bag of slmonds! Thanks for the how-tos! And those flavors! Yum. Will be great options to send with my kids’ lunches.

An almond milk question: Did you find this to be cost effective considering the cost of the almonds? I guess if you reuse the pulp you cut out the cost of almond flour (which is expensive), but I’m wondering if you’d find this a viable daily option given how expensive nuts are.

I figured it out a year ago, and using raw, non-organic almonds it was a little cheaper than buying it by the half gallon. I didn’t incorporate the savings from almond flour, so that would make it even cheaper. I also compared the cost of homemade almond milk to hemp milk and hemp is (surprisingly) cheaper. And hemp milk doesn’t require straining, which makes the prep faster and fewer dishes to wash.

Very informative article. I have never even THOUGHT about making my own almond milk, and wouldn’t even think it to be so easy! But now i know Thanks for the recipes too, ill definitely have to try some out.

Oh wow. Would you believe that I just made almond milk on Sunday (I’ve been making it for years and love it!) and was just wondering tonight how to use it up before it spoils…and then (no joke) came up with the exact pumpkin spice concoction you posted? I warmed mine up and used a milk frother to make it foamy. We’re totally on the same wavelength tonight!!! Creepy

Thanks for sharing the recipe! I have all the ingredients out here and will definitely give it a try.

My husband and I are huge milk drinkers, and we miss it so much. It’s one of the hardest parts about living so far from a grocery store! A half gallon of skim milk costs $9.56 at our store, and they don’t even carry lactose free milk. We beg people coming out to bring milk with them for us!

I am an almond milk lover as well! I have always wanted to make homemade almond milk! You make it look so easy and I love the variations you shared! I might be making it this week! Thank you for sharing!

Hi! Just wanted to tell you about a really quick and easy recipe I found for making almond milk. It used 2 tbsp of almond butter and 4 cups of water, and in the blender it went. So easy! The blogger also used other butters like peanut, coconut, sunflower and so on. Just wanted to let you know

thanks for this!here almond milk is really really expensive, like 8 dollars per liter! And guess what – my guests (we have apartment to rent) are from US and had larabars with them! And I was -‘sorry, is this larabar?I’ve been reading about them on this blog,and wanted to try them’. So she gave me one, it’s apple pie(we don’t have larabars in Croatia), and since she’s also in healthy foods we talked and I told her about your blog.

I’ve been making my own almond milk for a while now. Have you heard about that additive carrageenan that can cause digestive distress? It took me a while to notice that store bought almond milk was giving me tummy problems. I looked into it and learned about carrageenan and it’s negative effects. Then when I started making it myself they went away. I love the convenience of store bought but thankfully we can DIY!

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